Feel free to add inspiring quotes and speeches! I am definitely watching that Neil Gaiman video when I have the chance... Thanks @ninakester for sharing!

I've never had people dissuade me from actually making comics, but I've heard their doubts that I could ever make it a full time career. And they may be right, I don't know. But what's most important is that I am able to tell the stories I want to tell, and I've been lucky that my family and friends "get" that and give me the time and space I need.

Eh, only had one butthole try to fuss at me for doing comics, but he was an bitter, egotistical, arrogant twerp, so his opinion doesn't count. Everybody else either expresses mild curiosity or interest before they go back to the things they like to do. It's kinda awkward to bring up in conversation, but at least aside from that one guy it hasn't been a bad experience.

My family... is supportive? I don't know, honestly. I've always been drawing and scribbling stuff. So long as my bills are paid and I'm not bumming off of people, they don't really care what I do with my free time so long as it isn't destructive.

Hasn't happened to me, my parents and friends are all very supportive. Then again, it's not something I'm trying to make a career out of (or even expect to make money from because possibLe copyright issues lol) and just a thing I do for fun in my free time so that might be coming from another point of view than people wanting to work in comics.

Though I'm studying game design and planning to get a job in games, something even harder than comics to get into, and my parents, family and friends all support that choice so I have no doubt they'd support me working in comics too. I'd never be happy with a job I wasn't interested in at all just because it makes more money or whatever.

Though I've had a few people from my mom to a few friends try to dissuade me from making the topics and character designs I do. I like drawing cute animals, and cute girls, and anatomically correct, and some people think those things don't mix. Though you draw what you like, y'know?

Lol...um, yeah, all the time. My parents always want me to pursue an "actual job", a traditional one, give birth to 2.2 kids even if it kills me and then die doing some accounting job. or not that. my mom wants me to be an artist since it broke her heart that she couldn't be one. she wants me to be an industrial designer.so really i have no say in this. i dont tell them shit about my story, or how much it means to me. the only thing that will come out of that is a shitton of dissuation and as you can probably tell im already at my wits end.